German Bruno Gerstmann

[stevenbecker]

Mates,

 

I was after any details on this man reported died as a PoW 

 

Gerstmann Bruno unknown Airforce (Jasta 55) Jagdstaffel F1 Died 21-10-18 as PoW

 

I have no details on him other then the above?

 

IF he died as a Pow would the British hold details of his name and rank, where he was captured, and how captured.

 

Cheers

 

S.B

[GreyC]

Have you searched for him in the online files of the IRC?

GreyC

[Michael Lowrey]

Bruno Gerstmann was born on October 8, 1899 in Stettin. His rank was Flieger. Gerstamm apparently died of illness and is buried at Gaza War Cemetery.

 

Gerstmann's CWGC entry is here. It lists his unit as Jasta 300: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/6002211/gerstmann,-bruno/

 

Denkmalproject listing: http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/verlustlisten/vl_luftstreitkraefte_wk1_g.htm

[charlie2]

He doesn‘t have an entry in the RC database. He is listed as missing in the Verlustlisten dated 17.02.1919, he also has an entry in the Vermisstenliste. There are over 80 members of Jagdstaffel 300 listed as missing in the 17th Feb Verlustlisten. 

http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/9352775

http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/4390412

 

Charlie

[Guest]

Mates,

 

Thank you for this makes his service better to understand. even if one source stated died in 1918, while other shows 1919?

 

Michael, mate amazing what you can find on the net, the data base in interesting, even if it missed a few men, but it has many men lost in Turkey/Palestine I didn't have on file.

 

Charlie, mate, if only I could translate old German, those names of FA 300 reported MIA look very interesting, but I can't read the names?

 

Buggar

 

Thank you any way, always good to check out something I have never seen.

 

Cheers

 

S.B

Edited 16 September , 2019 by stevebecker

[charlie2]

4 hours ago, stevebecker said:

 

Charlie, mate, if only I could translate old German, those names of FA 300 reported MIA look very interesting, but I can't read the names?

 

If you fill in the search engine as in the attached and click on „Suchen“, you will get all the 88 names in a „normal“ font. http://des.genealogy.net/eingabe-verlustlisten/search/index

Charlie

Edited 17 September , 2019 by charlie2

[Guest]

Charlie,

 

Thanks mate, yes works nicely.

 

I did wonder why there was 80 + men with the Jasta 300 (FA 300), when there should be around 14 men as aircrew and around 50 as ground crew?

 

Of cause FA 300 was combined with FA 305 and (Jasta 55) Jagdstaffel F1 into Jasta 2 (F)  or Jagdstaffel F2

 

Cheers

 

S.B

 

 

[GreyC]

Hi,

I´m sure you are aware of the fact that these names stand for those KIA, WIA, MIA, so the actual strength of the units cannot be deduced from these numbers.

GreyC

[Guest]

Charlie,

 

No I was not aware of that, only MIA.

 

So I see now its possible that some died, I'll have to cross check them with Michael's list

 

Cheers

 

S.B

[GreyC]

Not Charlie, GreyC,

though Charlie is much more versed in matters like that.

GreyC

[Guest]

Mate,

 

Sorry GreyC, I was checking the others out on that DB and found the other Jasta in Palestine also had had smaller men recorded other then Jasta 305 (FA 305) which had only one man?

 

Of cause as that unit had combined with Jasta 300 (FA 300) then the larger group would now make more sence.

 

S.B

[GreyC]

HI!

Maybe this is a misunderstanding, but the Verlustliste (loss-list) doesn´t list the German soldiers in general, it lists those WIA, MIA, KIA, as written before. So if you find only one man of Jasta 305 in that list it does not mean that it only had one man, it means only one of the men of Jasta 305 was WIA, MIA or KIA.

GreyC

[Guest]

Mate,

 

Cheers, slowly sinking in

 

S.B